//------------------------------// // In Darkest Times // Story: Foretellers // by Fear Ripper //------------------------------// It had been a month since Luxu had visited the Foretellers. From that day forward, they had been training at their very best of their abilities since then. They were working long and hard to be ready to enter the Dreamscape. But for some reason, they were never convinced they were strong enough. In reality, they were afraid. He had told them that they had yet to fulfill their full powers as the Foretellers, and the only way to discover them was to relive the Keyblade war. They would have to relive the war that split the worlds appart, the war that killed thousands of Key Bearers as well as the original Foretellers. They were also told that Crow’s light half was in a very dangerous location in the Realm of Darkness, where creatures that Core fear dwelled. They wouldn’t admit it to each other, but they were all afraid of what comes next. “Hah!” *Tonk!* “Brace yourself!” *Clank!* At the moment, there were continuing their Union’s training. Having to train their students temporarily distracted them from their fear. It was a bright and sunny day over Equestria Town. School had let out a while ago, and their Unions were eager to learn under them. The whole of their unions were training in the school’s football field, it was not as spacious as they would prefer, but it gave them an idea of what to expect in live combat. Bang. The single gunshot was too quickly followed by a barrage of them, dozens of union members fell, large bullet wounds bleeding out blood and darkness from the fallen members. “AHHHHH!” One of their union members screamed. That caught the attention of everyone around them. When they turned, the sight made their blood freeze instantly. “What the hell?” Alex said, his voice shaking a bit. “Who are you?” He said as the masters rushed up and readied themselves. A man with an eyepatch, dressed in a black jumpsuit, handgun clips strapped all over him as he held two rather large pistols, walked onto the field, reloading his guns. “I hear you kiddies are playing dress up as old war buddies.” He said. “We’ll ask one more time. Who Are you!? What is your purpose here? And why did you kill our Union members!?” Lan said harshly. “Simple answers really, firstly, Core want’s more Keyblade to corrupt. Second, I have a little friend to show you, and lastly… killing is what a Ventral does best.” He said, arming his guns. “Names Josh, Josh Ventral. I believe you know my nephew Zeke?” When he said his name, it made them slightly shake in fear. “Josh? You are the Head of the Ventrals?” Dan said cautiously. “Yup, to this day, close to a two thousand kill count total in my lifetime. From my personal count… I got only six more kills to make.” He said with a devilish grin. “Like to see someone beat that record.” “You’re a monster.” Kira said. “Everyone! Clear the area, Now!” “Flattery gets you some praise.” He said, firing at the Union members running, hitting many. “You in particular little lady might like this friend of mine.” He did not get a chance to say another word, when both Dan and Alex rushed towards him intending to slash him. But Josh blocked both of their strikes with his guns, forcing them into a stand still. “You will not kill anymore of our Members!” Dan said. Josh whistled, a DTD opened up and to the Foretellers surprise… Ava walked out, her robes darker shaded of their colors and dirty. “Oh Ava, these people here are disrespecting your fallen allies, mind teaching them respect?” Josh said. Ava nodded, in a dark haze grabbing both Dan and Alex my the back of their heads, flinging them into the school building thought the walls. “Respect the dead.” She muttered. “M-Master Ava?” Kira stuttered, standing defiantly along with Jenny and Lan. “Is that really you?” Ava looked at Kira. She lifted a finger. “You. I… you died in the war. They all did. Why do you mock them? Us?” “Master! I don’t know what that bastard told you, but we aren’t your enemies! Why are you helping that piece of shit!?” Jenny yelled. Ava started to cry, which sounded a mix of sorrow and laughter. “I couldn’t stop the war! I tried to end it on the battlefield, make them stop! Only one method worked!” She held out her hand, a Keyblade that looked like it was made from blood and the other Foreteller masks, partly wrapped in Luxu’s robes, appeared in her hands. “I killed everyone! My friends, my home, the warriors that fought that day! I walked away from that graveyard with this keyblade, forged from the countless lives I ended that day.” She kept crying/chuckling. “It was what I was meant to do, save the light… so I ended the war on my reflection.” The three of them stared in horror. This wasn’t the Master Ava they had seen or read about. This was a broken heart gone mad. The one that massacred out of spite, believing what they were doing was right. “Master Ava, is lost to us.” Kira hung her head in shame. “How could you!? You were supposed to be the one who had any sense! You were supposed to lead the Dandelions across the worlds to preserve the light!” She yelled with tears in her eyes. Ava laughed this time. “Some Dandelions! The world they want to, become so corrupt and hollow of basic human kindness I did more harm than good! This mask..” She said, touching her mask with her free hand. “This hides something, a face of a long dead girl. Why do I have to have it… we all died that day, even Vulpus rejected me. Then, Genocide here came to me, forged in blood and madness. Gave me, a face that fit.” She lifted her mask, revealing to the Foretellers her completely black eyes and blood red skin. “Anyone who disrespects the dead, I’ll add to Genocide’s blood coated metal.” She finished, putting her mask back on. Kira looked like she wanted to say something more, but was held back by Jenny. “We can’t Kira, she’s too far gone. There is only one way to get out of this.” She raised her keyblade with Lan doing the same. Kira was at first reluctant, but she knew what had to be done, so she raised Vulpus as well. “Well ain’t this touching.” Josh said, patting Ava’s head. “Too bad your ‘hero’ was actually way worse than I am.” He mocked. “Wasn't that Master of Masters no different? A whole war just to try and destroy a Keyblade that didn’t show up. Man, pick your idols better kids.” “Now who’s disrespecting the dead?” Jenny said sarcastically. “So, I’m just gonna cut the bull shit and say that you aren’t just gonna turn yourself in peacefully. Why don’t we just get to the hard way?” Josh shot at Jenny, who blocked it intime, but to her shock upon impact, Ursus made a noise as if it screamed, disbanding instantly. “Fine by me.” Josh said, ruching in and punching Jenny’s gut, sending her flying back into a nearby store. While he was distracted, Lan took this opportunity to rush from behind and swing towards Josh’s head, only for Josh to block with his gun. “Oh, quite the dirty move. Aren’t the Foretellers supposed to fight with “Honor?” He said before spinning around kicking Lan away. Not even one second after, two roughed up Dan and Alex intercepted him. “Oh, you two are back?” “Don’t count us out just yet.” Dan said. “We won’t let you go without paying for hurting our Unions!” Alex yelled. “Let me think, how about, try it?” Josh said, suddenly appearing next to Alex and Twisting the arm he held Leopardus, there was an audible pop, and Alex’s arm went limp and he dropped his Keyblade. “Be thankful I only dislocated it.” Josh said as he spin kicked Alex into the outdoor bleachers. “Core wants you all alive for whatever reason.” “Blizzara!” Dan cast, A large ball of ice shot towards Josh. Ava came up and grabbed it, throwing it back at Dan who became partly frozen upon impact. “Not bad.” Ava said. “Not fast though.” She ran up to Dan and kicked him away. Breaking him out of the ice, but also slamming him into the ground. Suddenly, Lan, Kira, and Jenny appeared surrounding Ava, aiming their keyblades towards her. “Don’t make us do this!” Kira said, still hoping to appeal to her. Ava’s only response was taking her Keyblade, cutting her arm with it, the blood making the keyblade act as if it was now liquid. “Blood bath!” She yelled, whipping the now whip like keyblade around, cutting their robes, skin, and staining them blood red. With one spin wip, she tossed them all away. “Blood Blizzaga!” She cast on both Lan and Jenny, the two frozen in red ice. “Fyi, that’s real blood.” She added. She turned, looking at Kira. “So, what to do with my ghost, my past, ignorant, childish self?” She grabbed Kira’s throat and raised her to eye level. “P-Please… Master. Yo-you don’t h-h-have to do this.” Kira struggled to say. Ava only looked at her in disinterest. “I was just like you before the war. Innocent, hopeful, full of happiness. But I was naive, I believed every word the Master told us and followed his every order. But it all ended with my family being killed! Why don’t I make it so we see the world the same way?” Ava raised her keyblade. “A world, filled with nothing but pain.” *Slash!* In that moment, the world had gone silent. The other four Foretellers looked horrified. Ava had swung diagonally down on Kira’s face. Leaving a large gash over her left eye, with blood spewing out. Kira let out a blood curdling scream as she fell to the ground. The moment she hit the ground, she lied there unmoving. Likely because of the pain and shock. “Now it’s like I have a daughter.” Josh said, walking over to Kira and Ava. “WIsh I had a camera.” In that moment, they felt a large spike of energy, or rather four of them. They turned to see the other Foretellers suddenly exerting auras of pure rage. “You…” Lan said ominously, his hair covering his eyes. “You hurt my little sister. Our family. You will pay.” Josh was about to make a snarky remark, but was interrupted by an enraged Jenny appearing in front of them. She struck the ground in front of them, making spiked pieces of the earth jut out of the ground piercing them. The struck the ground again making the spikes shoot of of the ground with Josh and Ava with them. In the air, Jenny reappeared above them. “Deadly Impact!” She slammed her keyblade down on them, making them crash into the ground. Josh and Ava stood back up, only looking slightly injured. “That the best you go-?” Suddenly they were surrounded by some sort of ice wall that blinded them from their surroundings. “Stardust Cemetery!” Dan’s voice rang through the ice. A combinations of Keyblade strikes as well as multiple giant spires made of ice came down upon the two. When the ice walls fell, it revealed a more disheveled looking Josh, but a still okay Ava. It was then they heard a large humming coming from one direction. They looked towards the source and saw Alex spinning a large disk of lightning with his one working arm. “Ripping Thunder!” He launched the disk towards them, only leaving a large explosion of dust and lightning in their place. Inside the crater, the two were still standing. Thinking that it was over, only to see an angry Lan walking slowly towards them with a menacing red aura around him. “You will pay for what you have done, Josh Ventral, Former Master Ava. I will not forgive you for the lives you have taken, and what you did to my family.” He raised his Keyblade in the air. The Crimson aura surrounding him flowed into the Keyblade, Constructing it into a saber-like form. "Judgment of the Fallen!” One foul swing of his blade, made the area around them implode with the same crimson energy. The only thing left was the enraged Foretellers, a still standing Ava, and a beaten down Josh. Josh started laughing as he hit the floor, Ava walking off. “Later bitch.” Josh said. “Later forty-seven.” She said, opening a DTD and walking into it, leaving Josh at Lan’s feet. “Man, you hit harder than Core expected.” Josh said, turning over to lay on his back. “You will pay for your crimes.” Lan said, raising his keyblade. “Bitch I’m already dying. Congrats, you killed off Josh number forty-seven.” He said, tearing a hole in his shirt, revealing the number forty-seven tattooed on his chest. “Forty-seven? You mean you aren’t even real!?” Alex yelled. “Core dragged a Castle Oblivion into the realm of darkness, was gonna study its effects in the new environment, but after we lost three real Ventrals to you keyblade swinging brats he figured, why not use it’s ability to create memories, illusions, and make them physical. My body is nothing more than dirt and darkness, held together with the memories of the real Josh kept moving by the card holding them.” The Foretellers were speechless. All this death, the things he did, and he wasn’t even real. This made Alex started to chuckle. “If we barely beat a half baked clone, how the hell do we stand against the real one? Or Core for that matter?” He said. “Why, if you’re just some clone, then why did he even send you? Why does Core want us alive? Why are you toying with us?” Jenny yelled grabbing the scruff of Josh’s shirt. Josh spit in her face, it was a mix of dirt and liquid darkness. “From what the memories in me say, he wants you strong to make himself stronger. He needs strong enemies, to get stronger for some reason.” “That’s it? Just for us to get stronger?” Lan said. “From what I did manage to hear on the grapevine, Core’s plan requires strong opponents, something like what your Keyblade war was fought for, to make him complete. He’s trying to summon something worse than him, and only the deaths of many, or of strong hero’s calls it.” “Do you know who’s lives you’ve ended!? No you don’t you got damned murderer! Don’t you see you’re just a commodity to Core? He’ll just toss you out when you lose meaning to him!” Dan yelled. “You act like I don’t know what I am? After all, when I started dying, Ava left. I know that I’m a cheap tool, easily broken and replaced.” Josh’s body began to melt. “Heh, One last thing, well two, Unversed already cleared out your fallen fighters corpses, Core needs parts, both in the bodies and the Keyblades they had. Second, Core needs Zeke to go into his Killing Mood.” “Zeke’s killing mood? Why would Core want that? Wouldn’t that be a threat to him?” Lan asked. “Yes and no. Something about the Ventral killing mood has a connection to what he needs, what he’s trying to summon. If Zeke’s killing Mood is activated, that brings him mind, body, and soul, closer to this thing Core’s wants. After that Core just need’s Zeke, then from what I guess the real fun starts for you bitches!” Josh said, his body beginning to melt further, Jenny dropping him. “Hope you pray! Once Core get’s what he needs it’s game over!” Josh said, melting until all that was left was a blue Castle Oblivion Card with Josh’s face on it, and even it started to break apart into light carried by the wind. They all just stood there, with dumbstruck looks on their faces. Finally, the adrenaline fueling them had run out, they fell one by one onto the ground. Lan was the last to fall, and before he could give into unconsciousness he saw a figure standing above him. “Well that was… nasty.” The blurry man said. “You guys need to get some rest, I’ll take ya home.” With him saying that, Lan finally fell into blissful unconsciousness. Lan groaned as he tried to sit up from his possession. He finally opened his eyes, to see that he was lying on the couch in the common area of the mansion. He then suddenly felt pain all over his body. ‘So it wasn’t a dream. But how did I get him?’ He thought. When then caught his attention was three of his siblings sitting around him. Alex having a sling around his left arm, along with Dan and Jenny wrapped in gauze. “Well, welcome back to the world of the living Lan.” Jenny said sarcastically. “Everyone? Are you alright? How did we get home?” Lan asked. “That would be me.” Lan turned around, seeing a man in a brown trench coat, blue jeans and a black shirt that looked like a brown haired and eyed Zeke. He was leaning against the wall. “Saw the fight, got really dark at the end part there.” “Who are you?” Lan asked. “Cript.” He replied casually. “Your sister will be fine, though, for reasons I dislike I’m not allowed to give her her original eye back.” Lan’s eyes widened, “Kira! Where is she?” Lan looked around. “Her room sleeping, and quiet, she needs sleep a hell lot more than you guys.” Lan calmed down at that. Only for him to hang his head in shame, and some tears falling from his eyes. “We failed today. We were beaten, some of our Union members were killed, and Kira lost an eye. And we were only fighting a cheap knock off of the real Josh Ventral.” His fist tightened. “How are we supposed to fight him as we are now? How are we supposed to fight against someone like that?” From their facial expressions, his siblings shared his sentiment. “Meh. So you just gonna give up then?” Cript said, gaining their attention. “From what I hear you asked to be heros, have been doing well, but you fail to realize failure? Call me a hypocrite, but the reason I won every battle was because of a few reasons. One, failure was just not an option for me, second, self determination to see what will happen afterwards, and lastly, my family. Can’t do giving up and dying on them now can I?” They all looked down in shame. “But that knock off and Ava pushed us to our limit. Even at our best, we could barely put a scratch on her, and the clone was probably significantly weaker.” Dan said “He was.” Cript confirmed. “I can see… well, think of it as I can see your levels. That copy was five times stronger than you guys, yet you still came out the winners. Ava only managed to leave because she was fifty thousand times stronger than you guys.” “We aren't like Zeke, or Unum, or Ben, or any of the other survivors. We aren't as strong as them, with the strength they acquired, we’re only able to scrape their shins. We’re just… kids.” “Unacceptable!” Kira suddenly can into the scene. Hey left eye covered by a medical eyepatch. “Why are you all feeling sorry for yourselves!?” “Kira!” they all rushed towards her to make sure she was alright. “Why are you up? You should be resting.” Jenny said. “How can I rest with all of this noise?” she countered. “Now, What's will all this quiter talk?” “What are you saying? We were completely pummeled today and you're asking what's got us down?” Alex asked. “You lost an eye today!” Kira suddenly looked serious. “Yeah I know. I can see that. So we walked away with a few more scars this time.” “Kira people died today! Because we failed as Foretellers to protect them!” Lan said. “Big Bro.” Kira looked at him with pleading eyes… well eye. “I know what happened, and now I have a permanent reminder of it.” She touched the eyepatch. “But we already know how losing feels. Remember how devastated we were when Crow beat us the first time? Yeah, we were beaten bad back then, but look at us now. If we didn't learn from them, we wouldn't have been able to touch that clone, let alone kill it. We learned back then… even when we failed we can get back up stronger!” The words of their youngest sank deep within their hearts. She was the one who had lost the most in the battle, and yet she was the only one to keep up hope. “And besides.” Kira started, but then flashed a airways piece sign across her eye patch. “Now I can look like Rikka from Chunibiyo!” The room was silent, everyone, even Cript, looked at her with a dumbfounded look. Then, the room exploded in laughter. “You know.” Cript said. “You wouldn’t even have started this journey if not for one old man named God, want help from another?” His worlds made the Foretellers ponder. “What kind of help?” Alex said cautiously. “Well, I can help you, but like with anything, there’s a catch.” “And that would be?” Jenny asked. “Blood.” Cript said, causing the Foretellers to look at him in shock, to which he burst into laughter. “Y-your faces!” He cried out while laughing. “Sorry, needed a light after that scene with the copy dying. There’s some nightmare fuel. Anyway, the only catch is that you have to join my family, certain… things, some power boosts, neat powers, endless siblings and mothers. That’s a long story in itself as to why, but yeah.” They looked at him suspiciously. “You’re just offering us power? What would you gain from this?” Dan asked. “For one, some new kids. Second… that’s it actually. I adopt a lot of kids, kinda the wives and I’s thing.” “How do we know you’re not just crazy?” Jenny asked. “Right, demonstration then?” Cript snapped his fingers. “Please look out your windows.” They slowly moved over to the nearest window, seeing… a large empty green field all around them. “More?” Cript asked. “Nah, I think we’re good.” Alex said, dumbstruck. “RIght then.” Cript snapped his fingers again, the window scene flashing and the normal yard of the Foretellers world was outside again. “So, anything you’d like to know?” “Why us?” Lan asked. “I know you saved us an all, and we’re grateful. But what makes you think we’re worthy of your power? You saw the fight yourself.” “FIrst off, because why not? Secondly, Your friend Ben is already adopted in, and that Zeke guy is thinking ot over/put himself on a time limit.” “Ben and Zeke Huh? Never thought they would accept.” Alex said. “Ben won’t accept the full powers of being in my family til after he completes some training and does a test for one of my family only owned Humanity Blades. Zeke hasn't said yes unless he can either match Core in a fight, or if he still can’t by his kids first birthday.” Cript clarified. The Five of them exchanged looks, as if having an entire conversation between them, then they all nodded. “I guess we’ll be following Ben’s lead.” Lan said “We don’t want to accept this power just because you’re handing it to us. We want to earn it first. Let’s hold off, at least until we can prove out strength.” “Fair enough.” Cript said. “Oh, and some physical changes may occur depending on the mom you get, I’m kinda cursed that any kid adopted in is biologically mine, and one of my wives.” “So we’ll be genetically related to you and each other? As well as whoever we get as a mother?” Kira asked. “Yes.” “Freaky, but interesting.” Alex said. “But I think I speak for all of us when I say none of us will be calling you Dad anytime soon.” “Ben said the same thing, just take your time, I regrettable have shit to do so I’m not always around.” Cript held out his hand. “So, welcome to the family?” Lan stepped forward, noticing the odd device on Cript’s wrist. He shook off his curiosity, grabbing Cript’s hand and shook it. SUddenly, the Foretellers all felt… different. “Oh wow.” Cript said. “What?” “Well, for starters your new mother is Equine, the ears say it all.” Curiously, they reached up to the top of their heads, and felt… an extra pair of ears!? Pony ears to be exact. “Whoa!” Kira said, “This is so weird, but so cool too!” She said with glee. “Is that all?” Dan asked. “Check for tails?” Cript offered. They all looked behind them, to see they all had tails. Kira’s was pink, Lan’s was crimson, Jenny’s was emerald green, Dan’s was navy, and Alex’s was bronze. “A tail… oh dear. I can just hear Rainbow making fun of me now.” Dan groaned. “I’m gonna see who your new mom is.” Cript said, looking at the device on his arm. “Also, this is called an Assistant, and if you all look you all also have one.” To his words, they did see the same device on their wrists. “Fascinating.” Dan said tinkering with it. “What are its main functions?” “Storage and combat. You can buy stuff though it too, if you have the money. Get’s internet pretty much anywhere and if you press into the manue the combat tab and press the view hud button to active you’ll see battle stats of those around you, hp, defence, things like that.” Cript said, looking at his Assistant still. “Cool, it’s just like the games now. It has a health bar and everything.” Alex said scrolling through his own Assistant. “So what were you saying about checking who our mother is?” “The list is long, hang on.” Cript said, frowning. “Ah, finally. Let’s see here, your mom is an anthro equine named… Oh… god…” Rather than tell, Cript counted from three on his fingers. Once Zero was hit, there was a knock at the Foretellers door. “Who could that be?” Kira said walking towards the front door. “I’d back away.” Cript said, Kira walking to the side as the Door exploded, revealing an anthro Fluttershy, dressed in all red, red glasses and with rather sharp looking teeth holding a massive rifle. “Meet your mom kids, Alushy.” “Sup kiddies?” Alushy said. They all just looked at her in complete shock. No one dared to say a word. “I think you broke the kids hun?” Cript said as he walked over to her. The Foretellers now noticing she was rather pregnant. “Oh please, it’s just an anti-tank rifle.” Alushy replied. “This is a kids toy.” Kira then mustered up enough courage to walk up to her and introduce herself. “H-h-hello. I’m Kira, and I guess I’m one of your new daughters?” Alushy pet Kira’s head. “Pleasure to meet you.” She then handed Kira the Anti-tank rifle, to which Kira fell over once it was in her grasp, the weight being too much for her. “Go blow up some trees with it.” Next up was Lan. “Hello Alushy. I’m Lan, Kira’s older brother. It’s nice to meet you. The others are Jenny, Dan, and Alex.” The others waved over to them. “First off, call me mom, second, nice to meet you.” She said with a smile. “Also, hun, I was… kinda followed.” Cript looked outside, seeing several figures standing outside. “Who did you piss off now?” He asked. “Some demon cult.” She replied. “Oh, the usual?” “Yup.” Alushy said, pulling out a rather large, larger than Josh’s was, handgun. “So, should I show off to the kids?” “Just be wary of your packages.” “I’m pregnant, I know that.” “W-wait!” Kira said. “What’s going on here?” “Your mom is a vampire that hunts down other vampires and demons.” Cript answered. “Those guys out there are likely demons too.” “Vampire? As in blood sucking, night crawling, bat monsters?” Alex asked. “I’m not just any vampire.” Alushy said, loading her gun. “I’m THE fuck mothering vampire.” She said, walking outside. “So what you pricks want on your tombstone?” She said o the demons, who said nothing. “Meh, your choice.” SHe unleashed fire, the gunshot likely being heard from the next town over. One of the demons dodged while the other was struck in the head and heart. The one that dodged the Foretellers new mom summoned some kinda red inky stuff from her body, it chasing the demon and striking it down then slamming it against the ground. “Too easy nowadays.” WIth that, she walked back inside. “So, tell me about yourselves?” “Um… well where do we start?” Jenny asked. “The Five of us were just a band of ragtag misfits who found each other in our old world. We’ve been tight as family ever since, even more so when we started this adventure.” “Oh, good. Well I guess you were a family before but now it’’s by blood.” She said with a warm smile. Alex thought of something, then elbowed Lan. “Uh, Lan?” “What is it?” “Isn’t one of your girlfriends technically our mom also?” “... Oh god.” Lan face palmed. “Thanks for that image dude!” “Relax, genetically Alushy here is the opposite of human in every way, plus, even without the full demigod powers,... as demigods anyway… incest has no genetic handicaps…” Cript said, facepalming. “I hate explaining that…” “Well, at least I know you have good tastes.” Alushy said to her new son. Which made Lan blush and shrink away. From then on they all engaged in small talk, talking about interests, past experiences, ect. The talk would have continued, were it not for another knock on the door. “Please don’t tell me we have another mother.” Dan said. Cript opened the door, to the human main five and Sunset ran in. “We heard massive gunshots!” Sunset said, spotting Alushy. “... Uhhh.” “Hey girls?” Lan said carefully. “What are you all doing here?” “We heard the gunshots.” Applejack said. “After what happen in town we got worried.” She then, along with the others, noticed the changes to the Foretellers. “Uh, y’all cosplay’in?” “Nope! These are all natural!” Kira said swishing her tail from side to side. “And what’s up with the red… pony me?” Fluttershy asked. “If… it’s alright to ask.” “Girl’s, meet our new mother, Alushy.” Alex said. “She’s a vampire, and an Equine. Which means we are too, well part anyway.” “So Lan is dating his mom?” Pinkie asked. Red covered Lan and Fluttershy’s faces while Alushy laughed. “UHh! I should have let Josh kill me.” Lan muttered. “I-I-I-I D-didn’t know y-you were into that L-Lan.” Fluttershy said. “NO! No! I am not.” Lan said pulling ‘his’ Fluttershy into a hug. “This is my Fluttershy! Alushy is my adoptive/now biological mother! They are two different people!” He shouted, almost as if trying to convince himself. “So who’s the brown haired guy that looks like that guy from the fall formal thing?” Rainbow asked, pointing at Cript. “This is Cript, a god, and now apparently our adoptive/now genetic dad.” Jenny explained. “Then I have to ask.” Pinkie said, walking up to Cript and whispering something to him. “Oh...OH...OOOHHH… Yeah go ahead.” Pinkie cheered, quickly tackling Alex and dragging him off. “C'mon, I wanna see you in all your new features.” Pinkie said, Alex a mix of happy and confused. As the two left the room, the others looked in confusion. “Um… new features? Is there more than our tails and ears?” Dan asked. “Well, Speed, some strength, general defence, you can learn to do what your mom did with the inky red stuff, and endurance. So if you already have a sex life, it’s only gonna get better.” Cript said. At that moment, Lan’s girls started eyeing him with bedroom eyes, as well as Rainbow with Dan, as the two males inched away. “Unless you want to become parents fast I recommend using like, three condoms.” Cript said. “Let’s just say… your mother here isn’t pregnant for nothing.” “Demigod… whe conceived, take a day to grow and can be born either that same day, or the next.” Alushy said. “Plus yous… sperm and eggs are as fertile as, well, your dad and I. FYI, I look nine months pregnant, but that’s because of something the other wives and I did. We look like we have one baby in here, we got like, a billion in our wombs. Little something to think about given as demigods, you and your partners can adjust how many babies you have at at time.” “Alright, we will be careful, as to none of us are ready to be parents yet.” Dan said “Might wanna warn Alex and Pinkie of that.” Cript said, pointing to upstairs. “I'm sure Pinkie already knows. She does that all the time some how.” Sunset said. “So you're a vampire? Does that mean the others are too?” “Part, yes.” Alushy said. “They have all the powers I have, though they’ll have to learn it too, not to mention they also now have prolong lifespans, a healing factor that, at your experience, should heal most normally fatal wounds fast.” She looked over at Kira. “And I’m sorry sweety, but you can regrow what you lost before you got the powers.” “Thats alright, its gonna take awhile getting used to but I've come to accept it.” She smiled. “So you're all vampires now, sounds like you got a major upgrade.” Rainbow said. “We only accepted part of the deal. We want to prove ourselves before we accept the full deal and his power.” Dan explained. “Well, we should be heading home I think.” Cript said, looking for an empty space of wall, after finding one, he tapped it as a door grew into the wall. “This door will lead to the family home, warning, it’s massive.” “I guess we should be going.” Alushy said, getting up. “I’ll be sure to visit some time soon.” With that, Cript and Alushy walked through the door, closing it as they left. The four remaining foretellers let out a collective deep sigh. “Well that was certainly interesting.” Lan said. “Indeed.” Dan agreed as he felt his new ears And gazed at his tail. “Hopefully I can find an illusionary spell so we can hide these. “Holy hell!” Rainbow said, holding the anti-tank rifle. “Where in the heck did you get this?!” “Mom gave it to me.” Kira said. “Is it loaded?” Rainbow got her answer when the touched the trigger, a shot breaking through the back door and hitting the trees in the backyard, knocking down five trees and creating a small fire. As for Rainbow, the recoil knocked her clear across the room and into the nearby wall. “Ow. Nevermind.” “Well, that happend, why don't we all call it a day?” Lan said, until suddenly, four pairs of arms snaked their way around his body and started to drag him towards the stairs. “Ah! Wait, girls, what are you doing?” “We wanted to… test what your mother was saying about you're new “Features” darling.” Rarity said. Lan didn't have anything to say in protest but looked towards his siblings for help. But all he saw was Jenny and Kira staring blankly at him, and Dan being taken to who knows where by Rainbow Dash. That left the fox and the bear alone in the common area. “So… you wanna watch a movie?” “I'll get the popcorn.” Jenny said, walking into the kitchen. “Maybe I should find a boyfriend?” Kira gave her a sly smirk, “He might be closer than you think.”